the part of a narrative where problems are introduced and tension rises

the inner voice of a character - their thoughts to themselves, not spoken aloud

the use of metaphors, similes, personification and other literary devices to create imaginative meanings

Writing the second half of the build-up of 'A Kind of Spark'

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Understanding the historical context of the Scottish witch trials

Exploring Addie's character

Using drama to explore a character 'low'

Adopting different perspectives

Planning the build-up of 'A Kind of Spark' including switches in perspective

Writing the first half of the build-up of 'A Kind of Spark'

Self-editing the build-up of 'A Kind of Spark'

Exploring a historical scenario linked to ‘A Kind of Spark’

Exploring Addie's speech in the climax of 'A Kind of Spark'

Planning the climax of 'A Kind of Spark' including flashbacks

Writing the first section of the climax of 'A Kind of Spark'

Writing the next two sections of the climax, including a flashback

Writing the final sections of the climax, including a flashback

Self-editing the climax of 'A Kind of Spark'

In this unit, pupils finesse writing a build-up and climax with a focus on switching between the past and present tense to highlight a jump in perspective. In 'When The Sky Falls’: Narrative and Diary Writing', pupils will write a narrative climax and use it as the stimulus for writing a diary entry from a character's perspective.

In 'Beowulf’, pupils rewrote the build-up and climax of a scene from the end of ’Beowulf’, focusing on interspersing dialogue to convey atmosphere and advance the action. In this unit, pupils will finesse writing a build-up and climax with a focus on switching between the past and present tense to highlight a jump in perspective.

In this unit, pupils write a build-up and climax based on the text, 'A Kind of Spark'. They learn to switch tense to highlight a jump in perspective from narrative prose to an internal monologue and from present to past tense to indicate a flashback. These outcomes can be used for KS2 SATS writing.

'A Kind of Spark': narrative writing

A description of Addie sitting in the classroom. 

Addie's internal monologue reflecting on hitting Emily. 

A description of Addie walking down the corridor. 

Addie's internal monologue thinking about what will happen at the meeting. 

Jun has already completed his narrative. Put the paragraphs of his text in the correct order. 

Which language features are shown in the following sentence? 'On the other side of the room, Emily smirked like a well-fed cat.'

What punctuation could be missing from the following sentence? 'Addie looked away she couldn't meet Miss Murphy's steely gaze.'

Which type of figurative language is used in the following sentence? 'Addie sat curled up at the back of the room, a hard, round stone.'

Which features of an internal monologue are found in the following sentence? 'I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry ...'

What is the next step of the writing process once we have finished a first draft? 

Which sections of our narrative still need to be written? 

Which language feature is shown in the following sentence? 'Emily, who was smirking, looked at Addie with disgust.'

to connect a main clause and a subordinate clause

What is the purpose of the semi-colon in the following sentence? 'Addie looked at the remains of the thesaurus; the word glared up at her angrily.'

Which type of figurative language is used in the following sentence? 'My mind is a blank page.'

What features of internal monologue are shown in the following sentence? 'What am I doing? Why can't I stop? I just want it to end ...'

planning the content and structure of our writing

Which of the following are the most important steps to take **before** we write our first draft of a piece of writing? 

Writing the second half of the build-up of 'A Kind of Spark'

Lesson outcome